Entertainment: Start with Succubus and play Hollywood

In the original timeline,"Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" was hailed as the beginning of the most successful film adaptation in Hollywood history.

Then this life will naturally not be worse than the performance in the original timeline.

After three days of the first weekend, the box office reached US$94.3 million, surpassing"The Matrix" and"The Bourne Supremacy" and slightly behind"Spider-Man".

However, the scary thing about"Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" is not its explosive power at the box office, but its staying power.

In the second week,"Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" continued to dominate the weekly box office, taking in US$69.65 million, and its North American box office reached US$164 million.

This drop was less than 30%, which surprised both producers and theaters.

In the third week,"Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" still topped the weekly box office, taking in US$40.37 million, a drop of less than 30%, and a North American box office of 2.04.

In other regions around the world, the box office results of"Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" were all over the map, and almost all of them won the local box office championship.

Producers and theaters have a premonition that Hollywood is likely to release another super blockbuster this year with a global box office of over 1 billion.

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Beverly Hills.

In Tom Cruise's mansion.

The Hollywood powerhouse is getting reports from his new agent - Brian Kyle.

Since his divorce from Nicole Kidman, Tom Cruise has also fallen out with his ex-wife's former manager, Pie Kingsley.

According to the original timeline, his agent at this time should be Jeff Raymond.

But in this life, Jeff Raymond has long been Martin's agent, and has already become famous because of Martin's rocket-like development, so naturally he will not take over Tom Cruise again.

Brian Kyle is also a senior partner of CAA and has abundant resources, but he still has to keep a low profile when facing big names like Tom Cruise.

For example, now, he is standing in front of Tom Cruise, with his head lowered, reading the report, respectfully like a caddy on a golf course.

"etc!"Tom Cruise stopped Brian Kyle's words, frowned and said:"You just said that AMC theaters have reduced the number of our screenings? Why?"

"Well!"Brian Kyle said with some embarrassment:"Because Harry Potter sold so well and there weren't enough shows, so——"

"Wotfak!"Tom Cruise suddenly became furious, slapping the armrest of the sofa and roaring,"Using my performances to increase the box office for that bastard Martin? Damn it, who made this decision?!"

"this——"

"explain!"When Tom Cruise saw Brian Kyle's hesitation, he became even more angry and deliberately hit him:"You should understand who you are and whose money you are making!!!"

"Well, it was the president of AMC who made the decision himself."

Brian Kyle said, while secretly cursing in his heart,"Jeff and Kingsley are right, Tom has a bad temper and is a difficult person to maintain!"

"Is it?"Tom Cruise's anger was slightly restrained, and then he said:"I will call him personally."

As an actor, he has reached his status and is qualified to talk to the president of AMC on an equal footing.

He took out his mobile phone and quickly found the number of AMC president Adam Allen and dialed it.

After a while, Adam Allen's voice came from the other side:" Hello, Tom, what do you want from me?"

"Hello, Adam, how are you doing?"Tom Cruise tried to calm his voice.

"I'm fine, tell me, what's the matter?"

"Well, I heard that AMC gave the scenes of"Minority Report" to"Harry Potter". I want to know what happened. Did the staff make a mistake?"

"Sorry, Tom, no one was wrong, it was my decision."Minority Report" was falling too fast at the box office, and"Harry Potter" was lacking in screenings, so I made this decision.

Before Tom Cruise could speak, Adam Allen added:"You know, I have to be responsible to the board of directors of AMC. I'm not targeting anyone, it's just my job.""

"However,"Minority Report" had a box office of 63 million in its first week."Tom Cruise's tone couldn't contain his anger.

"Yes, but"Harry Potter" exceeded 90 million, and"Minority Report" dropped so much in its second week, more than 50%. Okay, Tom, this matter can't be changed, let's stop talking today!"

With that said, Adam Allen hung up the phone.

"Farke!"

Tom Cruise angrily smashed his phone on the ground, and the splattered fragments almost hit Brian Kyle's head, startling him.

"Tom, over at DreamWorks, Mr. Spielberg called this afternoon and hopes that you can extend the city tour promotion time (we call it road running promotion here)"

"Shet, don't mention Spielberg to me. He can make a mistake in a movie like"Minority Report" that imitates"The Matrix". Is he out of date?"

Tom Cruise's last"question" made Brian Kyle startled. He quickly looked around. Fortunately, the servants were far away.

"Tom, don't say such irritating words. Spielberg is not only a director, he is also a capital."

Brian Kyle reminded in a low voice, feeling a little tired, and began to reflect on his impulsive move to accept Tom Cruise's agency contract - sending Kingsley and Tom Cruise to go their separate ways, and Jeff Raymond simply not There is obviously a reason for being willing to take over. (To read Baoshuang novels, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

"I know, I know, he owns DreamWorks, and I also own Cruise Films. He is just one of the shareholders of DreamWorks, and I am the sole owner of Cruise Films, so——"

Tom Cruise shrugged,"I don't have to be afraid of him"

"I know, but Spielberg is very influential in the academy after all, and he is still a Jew. You know how powerful Jews are in Hollywood, and we’d better not offend him."

Brian Kyle could only coax. This was the method taught to him by Patrick Kingsley.

Tom Cruise also regained some sense and nodded,"I understand."

Then he looked at the newspaper that the servant put on the table. On the front page of the entertainment section was Martin's huge portrait and half a"Harry Potter" poster!

Damn Martin, damn Harry Potter!

This is already him He failed for the second time, and he failed after teaming up with Spielberg. This had a huge impact on his reputation in the industry.

…………

While Tom Cruise was losing his temper in the mansion, the three founders of DreamWorks were also meeting to reflect.

Spielberg raised his hands and said:"It's my fault this time. I should have stuck to the decision we made at our last meeting (the meeting after the box office failure of"Pearl Harbor"), but I was still lost in the wonderful prospects portrayed by Tom Cruise." At this point, Spielberg couldn't help but shook his head, feeling depressed.

At that time, Tom Cruise's description of the prospect of the movie really moved him.

The cyberpunk craze brought about by"Steve Spielberg + M'Cruise + The Matrix", he really thought that such a combination would be a box office hit. did not expect——

《"Minority Report" had a great start, but the decline was too big, with an investment of nearly 130 million. Judging from the current box office trend, the global box office will probably not exceed 400 million (the original timeline's global box office was only 360 million).

Another failed work that will take a long time to recoup the investment.

The most important thing is that this failure made Spielberg have a little doubt about his ability. Am I really obsolete?

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